Goblet Squat
KEY POINTS
Stand with your feet slightly wider than your hips with your feet slightly turned out.
Sense your feet. Press your big toes into the floor and lift your arches. Keep your weight evenly distributed through your foot.
Keep your shoulders relaxed away from your ears and your elbows tight. Do not let your elbows flare out.
Hold the weight close to your body.
Sit back and down attempting to get your hip crease just below the top of your knee cap.. Keep your thighs externally rotated and your knees wide.
Press the floor away from you as you come back up to stand.
Stand tall at the top.
ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS
It is important to hold the weight close to your body with integrity in your arms. See how my elbows are hugging close to my body in the photo below? This is correct.
Do not allow your elbows to flare out to the sides like in the picture below.
Keep the weight close to your body. Do you see how I am holding the weight far away from my body in the photo below? This is not good. It causes added strain in your shoulders, neck, upper and lower back.
Remember: Keep the weight close to your body with shoulders relaxed and your elbows hugging tightly in toward each other. You can see this optimal positioning in the photo below.